Two white rabbits /
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Spanish Publisher: Toronto : Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : colour illustrations ; 22 x 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781554987412 (bound); 1554987415 (bound)Uniform titles: Dos conejos blancos. English. Subject(s): Rabbits | Immigrants | Emigration and immigration | Illegal aliens | Counting | Fathers and daughters | Refugees | Father and child | Fathers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction | Counting -- Juvenile fiction | Rabbits -- Juvenile fiction | Immigrants -- Juvenile fiction | Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile fiction | Illegal aliens -- Juvenile fiction | Emigration and immigration -- Fiction | Illegal aliens -- Fiction | Fathers and daughters -- Fiction | Counting -- Fiction | CountingGenre/Form: Picture books for children.Additional physical formats: Two white rabbits.DDC classification: j863/.7 Issued also in electronic format.Awards: NCTE Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children Recommended Book, 2016. | Américas Award commended title, 2016Summary: A young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north toward the U.S. border. They travel mostly on the roof of a train known as The Beast, but the little girl doesn't know where they are going. She counts the animals by the road, the clouds in the sky, the stars. Sometimes she sees soldiers. She sleeps, dreaming that she is always on the move, although sometimes they are forced to stop and her father has to earn more money before they can continue their journey.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Books | Main Library Picture Books (E) | E .B858 2015 | Available | 17698 |
Translated from the Spanish.
A young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north toward the U.S. border. They travel mostly on the roof of a train known as The Beast, but the little girl doesn't know where they are going. She counts the animals by the road, the clouds in the sky, the stars. Sometimes she sees soldiers. She sleeps, dreaming that she is always on the move, although sometimes they are forced to stop and her father has to earn more money before they can continue their journey.
Accelerated Reader 1.9
Issued also in electronic format.
NCTE Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children Recommended Book, 2016.
Américas Award commended title, 2016